Little Desiree Clary of Marseille ... and that Desiree later married one of Napoleon’s marshals, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, and became a queen on her husband’s election to the throne of ...

Back in Paris for the summer, Bernadotte met the 20-year-old Desirée Clary, who had been engaged to Bonaparte before the latter chose to marry Josephine de Beauharnais instead. Since Desirée’s ...